Nose outta joint?

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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No. I’m not angry or peeved at anyone(well, there is that one person…).

Backstory:

3 or 4 weeks ago I bit my cutest fuzzy doggy bathroom rug. Not cause I wanted to. I woke up about the instant I face planted.

I immediately knew my ribs hurt. I rolled over and moaned. I tasted a little blood. Figured I bit my tongue.

As the day went on, I realized my ribs were very sore and my face under my left eye hurt. We went to the clinic.

X-rayed. Ribs were not broken. Which I’ll never believe. And my nose was not broken. I firmly believed that. (I’ve had broken noses and 3 major reconstructions on my nose). There was never any massive gushing of blood or obvious misalignment. There was a small bump that swelled later. Next morning I had a black eye and a fat lip.

Otherwise I marked it up to a bad experience, but no real damage.

Time cooked along. My ribcage had incessant pain. I developed some pluersy on that side. Let me tell that hurt. The black eye faded. The fat lip healed. I still had a small bump on one side of my nose..kinda up high on my bridge. It was more noticeable some days. My girls and Ivy telling me I’m obsessing over it and “shut up about yer nose!”

Zoom up to this morning, I heard Ivy tapping on the door to wake me up.

I turned my face over on the pillow and heard a click. Audibly. There are so many things stuck to me(devices) I was sure something was amiss.

Sat up, nothing wrong. Ok. Now I’m having audible hallucinations or something. Oh goody.

I go to the bathroom and look in the mirror. What!!?? The bump is gone. The small soreness I had there, is no more.

Was I misdiagnosed?

Was my nose just “outta joint”? ( Is that such a thing?)

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My nose bridge has continued to look and feel ok.

I was at Dialysis this morning and the PA from the Surgeons office came to tweak my pain pump.

And I ask him about the nose. He told me this was not his expertise at all, but…

He felt around my nose and said he believes it had been broken at an old graft line. But see your plastic surgeon.

Like, No help at all, much?

I know I was being wrong and asking him and putting him on the spot like that.

Anyway…my outta joint nose is okay, folks.

I know you don’t care. Just thought I’d share…:upside_down_face:

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First off, I’m very happy you are recovering and things weren’t worse! You could have smashed your face on the bathroom sink instead of on the rug.

Did I read this right? You sleep walk? If so, can’t you tether yourself when you go to bed? I’m not talking ball and chain here, but something that is just enough to force you to be awake in order to untether yourself.

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Yes. I do sleep walk. I’m unsure whether I was asleep or suffering from a glucose issue.

Ivy says I leaned real hard on the wall and face planted before she could get out of the door way. Not the I expect she could’ve held me up. When I go down it’s usually fully weighted.

I have no sense of trying to stop my falls at these times.

Yeah I need restraints. In, oh so many ways!

We take precautions so I don’t go outside and take another deck dive.

I’m down stairs now so I don’t try them sleepwalking. Lock the pantry so I don’t sleep graze.

It’s a miracle, almost, everyday I live. The universe been trying to off me for a few years.

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Well, I’m hoping for a whole lot more of 'em! :heartbeat:

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You’re nice @Jasmine. Thanks.:star_struck: